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Summon the Gods (Intro)
00:30
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The Jaguar Knight
06:15
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Five-hundred years ago
There was a warrior
Born of jungle mist and stone
Born to kill and blessed with
Sacred powers of the sun and of the moon
The conchs sound,
The women cry,
Enemies run
For their lives
Try and run, try and hide,
It won't do at all,
Because your death
Is gonna come when the jaguars call
Hear him! The jaguar knight
See him! The jaguar knight
Feel him! The jaguar knight
Breathe him! The jaguar knight
Aztec legend holds that no man
Ever matched his obsidian blade
Every war he captures prisoners
For ritual sacrifice to the Sun god
Bridge/Chorus
Slashing of his blade,
Restoring order with the souls he's slain
Stabbing of his spear,
The only man who truly knows no fear
He—he's the only one with might
He's the only one to fight
He's the only jaguar knight
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3. |
Sacrificial Prisoner
05:00
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God of the sun, god of the rain
Soul of the world, I am chosen now
Lay down my spear, wipe off a tear
Doom in my eyes, I am out of time
Six priests leading me to eternity
Great Tenochtitlan gazing from
The ground to see my blood
I'm the sacrificial prisoner
Facing truth on my fatal day
I'm the sacrificial prisoner
Showing honor and no pain
Now the jasper stone awaits
Or could this be a dream?
The priests are chanting the song
Is this where I belong?
Held by my limbs, freed of my sins
Facing the sky, it’s my time to die
Roar of the crowd, keeps getting loud
Shaking with fear, as I close my eyes
Altar of the sun, pain of the chosen ones
Great Tenochtitlan gazing from
The ground to see my blood
I'm the sacrificial prisoner
Facing truth on my fatal day
I'm the sacrificial prisoner
Showing honor and no pain
Now the minister of Death
Prepares to pierce my chest
He must reach and grab my heart
And rip it from my flesh
Sacrificial Prisoner
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4. |
Harsh Empire
07:12
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Seven-thousand feet above the sea
A nomadic tribe reveals their destiny
The serpent is prey to the hunt at dawn
Thus was born the city of Tenochtitlan
Banished and cast out by all that they knew
They fell to their knees and prayed
Nomadic people through trial and fate
A god-sent sign on the lake
Slithering snakes are carved in stone
Guarding the secrets that the temples hold
Towering above the sacred lands
The pyramids point to the answers in the stars
By nightfall the moon lights the path of the dead
The priests watch for what lays ahead
Star constellations are holding the key
To unlock their mysteries
Nightfall, blackened sky, the shadow land unfolds
Darkness, black god of the North, enveloping the sun
Light, sacrifice to save the light
Aztec blood to end the night
Plant the seed of the new sun
Flaming ceremonial torches in our hands
Praying for our families and souls of the damned
Rebirth of a century with a newborn fire
Rising up in front of the harsh empire
Bloodshed upon the peak, the priest holds up the heart
Burning, a funeral pyre, the calendar begins
Bridge/Chorus/Chorus
Brave souls playing on the courts of clay
Gather around and watch the ritual game
Bow to the feathers, bow to the gold
Until the day you rest your tortured soul
The blaze of the sun beats down hard on their backs
The warriors prepare to defend
A triple alliance that all must obey
Imprison those who will betray
What have our people done?
Dawn of the newborn sun
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5. |
Burning Skies
05:17
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World torn by famine
Hunger rips deep through our souls
Demise of the Aztecs unfolds
Dark desolation
Shriveling bodies to bones
Driving the desperate need for resolution
Selling our children for food
Circling vultures patrol
Into starvation, into the darkness we go
With no light to lead us
Into abyss of the dead
Burning skies
The land rips open
As earthquakes attack from below
The fall of the Aztecs foretold
The land in darkness
The gods now have covered the sun
Warning us of what’s to
Come forth and conquer
The feathered king waits alone
Suffering visions of blood
He sees the horrors
Dismembered bodies afloat
Prophecies warn us the empire will soon be dead
Burning skies
Look to the sky and see the gods on fire
Reach out, take heed and hear their call
Empire will fall, we see it in the burning skies
The beacon shines strong, a sign to warn us all
They conquer, we die, and breathe our final breath
Empire will fall, we see it in the burning skies
Burning skies
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6. |
Voyage to the New World
05:44
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I've set my sail, I'm headed west
Across the ocean, I'll never rest
‘Til I find the mainland waiting for me
Ship sails are up, my compass set
I’m sailing for Spain with no regrets
I’ll find that mainland waiting for me
The ocean’s rolling
The ships holding up to the waves
Eleven ships, five hundred men
And thirteen horses I’ll defend
Land invasion for our nation
Look, out to the sea
The New World’s waiting for me
Spanish ships are charging forward
Look out to the sea
Voyage to the New World
Hernando Cortes is my name
I’ll take this land in the name of Spain
And conquer everything in my way
Five-hundred crewmen at my side
We’ll slaughter all the native tribes
Until this land is under the crown
Bridge/Chorus
Fear me, into the sea my fortunes go
Into the dark, into the deep
Into the unknown
These ships don’t stop until it’s done
Fear me, onto the shore my chances go
Onto the coast, onto the sand
Onto the land
These boots won’t rest until it’s done
Forward to the sea
We’ll change history
Chorus
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Rain pouring down hard
Watching, counting the days
For a savior amidst on the waves
Out he rides from the storm
Now he has appeared
Tell all of the floating mountains
Is this the return?
The floating mountains
Return of Quetzalcoatl
Fulfilling his promise
In sync with prophecy
This year we have foreseen him
Making right on his word
Bridge/chorus
The stars have now aligned
Time for reincarnation
See the strangers glow
Pale white as snow
But the tension grows
Fearing the unknown
Rejection of our gifts of blood
We have lost our hope
Of a legend told
Now the truth unfolds
Their lust for gold
Invaders they must leave this place
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Kill the noble ones and make a pile of priests
Slaughter in the city
Alvarado murders while the captain is out
Slay without a pity
The Aztecs cry out in pain
Seeking their vengeance, they pray:
‘Tenochtitlan
Stands under the god of the sun
Give us your might
Eye for an eye, now we fight’
Jaguar knights are laying siege to the camp
Showing no mercy
Cortes returns to find his army is trapped
Aztecs in fury
Bridge/Chorus
King Moctezuma appears
Begging his people to hear:
‘Lay down your spears my friends
And let us make amends
The killing now must end
For honor and victory’
But, they could not endure
A coward emperor
And so they took his life
The fall of the feathered king
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Emperor’s conspiracy
Religious conformity
Dark of morning, without warning
The sign of the eagle and serpent
Will cease to be
Bring forth the new beginning
The children trampled
Underneath their heels
Skulls smashed in by metal shields
Fire lights the morning sky
Weeping women crying, why
Did they betray our trust?
Torching us to ash and dust
Not a chance that they’ll survive
Free falling into genocide
Culture is lost
Sacrifice the gods
For a deity unknown
They have destroyed our home
The new king hides away his face in shame
Holy city wrapped in flames
Strange new weapons boom and roar
The water stained red from gore
Aztecs praying to their gods
Refusing to accept the cross
Not a chance that they’ll survive
Free falling into genocide
Chorus
Now deserted by their gods
As Cortes raises up the cross
Forcing it as it contradicts
A loving way, but pain inflicts
Questions of who to blame
Things will never be the same
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